"Stop running, Jake!" Maya said with a smile. Jake was only three, he would learn soon enough to be mature. Jake laughed. The whole store laughed at him having so much fun. He would have a great future. "Okay, Jake, time to go home. I just got all of the things we need for the week. I also withdrew some money from the atm in the bank next door. There needs to be a present for a special someone!" Maya said after about 10 minutes. "My present!" Jake exclaimed, with enthusiasm in his voice. They both left to go to their car. On the way, they saw a white van being towed. Maya put Jake in the carseat, and was just about to start buckling Jake up when two people in hooded ski masks ran out of the building. One carried a gun, and the other carried a bag that was full of something. They saw the white van being towed, looked around for a while, and saw Maya's car. They ran towards it.

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As Maya was still close to the back row of the car, the person with the bag pushed her in, and the person with the gunjumped into the drivers seat, and started moving the car backwards. A bike hit the side of the car, on the door mext to Jake. Jake was crying, and as they started moving quickly down the highway, Jake tried to get off of the carseat and sit nect to his mom. Right after he got off the carseat, however, the car swerved right quickly, and Jake slammed into the door that was already weakened by the bike. "Jake!" Maya cried. The door buckled open, and Jake was teetering on the doorsill, fighting to move forward, toward his mom. Maya stretched her arm, and right when she was touching her son's hand, Jake slipped, and fell backwards. Almost in slow-motion, Maya saw Jake tumble on the road, and stop moving. He was still not moving. Maya screamed. "Let me go to Jake! Turn around!" She said, while crying. The man in the passenger's seat grabbed on to her arm, to prevent her from The person in the drivers seat waved his gun towards her, and said "If you don't behave, I will kill you.". A random person would probably have sat quietly, but a mother who just saw her son thrown out of a car at almost 100 miles per hour would not. "Let me out!" She screamed, and started clawing at the driver woth her free hand. A gunshot was fired, and the screaming abruptly stopped. "Take the gun and jump out!" Said the man in the driver's seat. "I won't be able to escape the cops!" And so that being said, the man in the passenger's seat jumped out of the car into some bushes and hid there. A few minutes later, he ran away.

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"That is a great advertisement idea, Jack!" Said Jack's co-worker, Sarah. "Thanks, Sarah, but it wasn't my idea. It was my wife's idea." Jack replied. Ring, Ring. "Oh! It is my wife calling. Please excuse me." Jack said, and left the conference room. "Hello?" Jack asked. Something was said that made Jack have a horrified expression. He dropped the phone and ran out of the office. Sarah, confused by this, went over to Jack's phone, and heard what happened. Someone was in the hospital. Probably someone he cared about, by the looks of it. She picked up the phone and asked whom got hurt. The person on the other line sounded confused, then replied. It was his wife and son. Jake and Maya.

Thanks for reading the first chapter! Please give me any suggestions and/or criticism. It always helps! I actually have an idea about how the whole book should play out, for once. With enough support, I will continue this book forever! Hope you enjoyed!

Fly (or roar) like a dragon,
DragonKnight